From: Rick Broadhead
Subject: Canadian Internet Handbook Now Available in U.S.
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 12:33:00 GMT
June 24, 1994 Contact: Beth Hespe
PTR Prentice Hall
(201) 592-2348 (Tel)
(201) 592-2785 (Fax)
T H E C A N A D I A N I N T E R N E T H A N D B O O K
Now Available in the United States
Foreword by Jean Monty, President and CEO of Northern Telecom Limited
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, June 24, 1994 -- Prentice Hall/PTR and
Prentice Hall Canada proudly announce that, due to popular demand, the
Canadian Internet Handbook by Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead is now
available in the United States.
In the last three months, the Canadian Internet Handbook has established
itself as a genuine Canadian publishing phenomenon. It has been on the
Toronto Star's National Bestseller List for the last two months, and
for six consecutive weeks, the book was the #1 selling non-fiction
paperback in Canada. The authors believe it to be the first
Internet book ever published to reach the #1 position on a general
bestseller list. The Canadian Internet Handbook has also achieved
bestseller status in several other prominent Canadian newspapers,
including the Financial Post, Ottawa Citizen, and the Globe and Mail.
This is a significant accomplishment for a country the size of Canada.
With over 35,000 copies printed and distributed in Canada alone,
the Canadian Internet Handbook has far exceeded the normal
Canadian bestseller status of 5,000 copies.
Due to great demand for the book in the U.S. market, the Canadian
Internet Handbook is now being distributed in the U.S. by Prentice
Hall.
The Canadian Internet Handbook provides Internet users with
comprehensive directories of Canadian Internet resources, including
Canadian Gopher servers, WWW servers, and Internet-accessible library
catalogues. The book also includes a detailed listing of Canadian
Usenet groups, and a list of over 700 organizations that are using the
Internet in Canada. Other chapters discuss such topics as "What's
Wrong With the Internet?", and "Where is the Internet Going in
Canada?" The book covers all the popular Internet tools - Mail,
Telnet, FTP, Gopher, WAIS, WWW - and provides many examples of how
Canadian businesses and individuals are using the Internet. Shell
Canada, Midland Walwyn, the Regina Public Library, and the Canadian
Space Agency are some of the organizations profiled in the book. Jean
Monty, President and CEO of Northern Telecom Limited, introduces the
book with a foreword.
For further pricing and ordering information, point your Gopher client at:
gopher.prenhall.com
WWW users can point their browser at the following URL:
http://www.csi.nb.ca/handbook/handbook.html
For more information, please contact the authors of the book:
Rick Broadhead Jim Carroll
handbook@uunet.ca handbook@uunet.ca